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Mystery of the Guthrie Tunnels

… One of the more enduring legends is that an underground tunnel ran kitty-corner from Oklahoma’s first state Capitol on W Harrison Avenue to the old Blue Belle Saloon, where legislators discreetly enjoyed the company of soiled doves in a top-floor bordello. Or so the prickly story goes. …

NewsOK.com

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http://ndepth.newsok.com/guthrie-tunnels

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Grave of Elmer McCurdy

… A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true …

Atlas Obscura

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http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-elmer-mccurdy-skb

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http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-elmer-mccurdy-skb

Futility Closet Podcast Episode 118: The Restless Corpse of Elmer McCurdy

… In 1976 a television crew discovered a mummified corpse in a California funhouse. Unbelievably, an investigation revealed that it belonged to an Oklahoma outlaw who had been shot by sheriff’s deputies in 1911 and whose remains had been traveling the country ever since. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll trace the postmortem odyssey of Elmer McCurdy, “the bandit who wouldn’t give up.” …

Listen:

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2016/08/22/podcast-episode-118-restless-corpse-elmer-mccurdy/

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http://www.futilitycloset.com/2016/08/22/podcast-episode-118-restless-corpse-elmer-mccurdy/